Coverage dated December 20, 2021

Fossil of a giant millipede reveals 'the biggest bug that ever lived'

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By Katie Hunt, CNN A fossil of a giant millipede found on a beach in northern England has revealed the “biggest bug that ever lived,” paleontologists say. The fossil was discovered in January 2018 in a chunk of sandstone that had fallen from a cliff onto the beach at Howick Bay in Northumberland.

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  1. KRDO

    Fossil of a giant millipede reveals 'the biggest bug that ever lived' (opens KRDO)

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    By Katie Hunt, CNN A fossil of a giant millipede found on a beach in northern England has revealed the “biggest bug that ever lived,” paleontologists say. The fossil was discovered in January 2018 in a chunk of sandstone that had fallen from a cliff onto the beach at Howick Bay in Northumberland.

  2. Greensboro News & Record

    Fossil of giant millipede 'the biggest bug that ever lived' (opens Greensboro News & Record)

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    Greensboro News & Record's feed description

    Paleontologists are calling a fossil of a giant millipede found on a beach in northern England "the biggest bug that ever lived."

  3. The Guardian

    Largest ever giant millipede fossil found on UK beach (opens The Guardian)

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    Weighing 50kg and 2.7 metres long, Arthropleura walked the earth 326m years ago and may have been a hunter

  4. Live Science

    Scientists find fossil of largest arthropod to ever live, a car-size millipede (opens Live Science)

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    They were likely one of the biggest animals living on Earth at the time.

  5. CBS News

    Scientists confirm the biggest bug to ever exist — an ancient millipede "as big as a car" (opens CBS News)

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    The massive Arthropleura fossil is just the third and oldest such fossil ever found and dates back over 100 million years before dinosaurs existed.

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